FNUS76 KMTR 150055
FWSMTR

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANT RANCH VMP...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
455 PM PST WED NOV 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON NOVEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM WEST WILL
RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THURSDAY. A FAIRLY DEEP INVERSION
WILL HAMPER MIXING IN THE MORNING...HOWEVER MIXING WILL IMPROVE
TOWARDS AFTERNOON AS THE INVERSION WEAKENS AND THE SURFACE LAYER
WARMS. RAIN WILL BE A POSSIBILITY LATE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 60 TO 65.
RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
 EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS SOUTH AT 2 TO 4 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 6 MPH AT IGNITION...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 TO 7 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION...SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......UP TO 500 FEET AT IGNITION...IMPROVING TO
                    3500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH AT IGNITION TIME...INCREASING TO
                    8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46.
RH..................MAX 99 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......UP TO 1000 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...L_SMITH
REQUESTED BY...DAVE MCLEAN  BC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121115.GRANT.01/MTR